Original title
Petrolheads
Released
2/12/2006
Origin country
GB
Genre
Comedy
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
6
Petrolheads is a BBC panel game presented by Neil Morrissey, with team captains Richard Hammond and Chris Barrie. The show pitted motoring wits against each other and included car stunts shot on location. There were two guests each episode. The show was produced by Brian Klein, directed by John L Spencer and executive producers were Marie-Claire Walton and Steve Ayres. The theme music was by British composer Leigh Haggerwood. It was created and scripted by prolific author Norman Giller, with input from Top Gear writer Richard Porter and comedy scriptwriter Ged Parsons. In October 26, 2012, Richard Osman, writing for The Guardian named Petrolheads among four of UK TV's worst ever gameshows.
Episode 1: Philip Glenister and Hugo Speer
Episode 2: Ronan Keating and Eamonn Holmes
Episode 3: Edith Bowman and John Gordon Sinclair
Episode 4: Murray Walker and James May
Episode 5: Ricky Tomlinson and James Martin
Episode 6: John Thomson and Fearne Cotton
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